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Gadolinium contrast agent-induced CD163+ ferroportin+ osteogenic cells in nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Sept 2013
Swaminathan Sundararaman, Bose Chhanda, Shah Sudhir V, Hall Kimberly A, Hiatt Kim M
Abstract excerpt
Gadolinium-based contrast agents are linked to nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in patients with renal insufficiency. The pathology of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is characterized by abnormal tissue repair: fibrosis and ectopic ossification. The mechanisms by which gadolinium could induce fibrosis...
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